Valentine's Day

I had a nice Valentine's Day (for the most part). I was in the schools yesterday, so that was fun. I had the kids make Valentines for some special! I also went to some of the kiddos valentine parties in their classrooms. In one of them (it was in a self contained special education room) the janitor was playing a bongo drum and each kid was taking turns dancing to it. It was hilarious!!

Clint sent me a dozen red roses to the hospital, so I went there to pick them up after I left the school. (I actually forgot about them until I was on I-70. I had to drive up to the next exit and turn around) Oh well, it was worth it! They are very pretty! And today I got a dozen giant chocolate covered strawberries delivered to the hospital too! They were great! :)

To celebrate Valentine's Day I went with my parents to eat at the Kirby House (in Abilene). They had a Valentine's Day special. Mike Jantz was our server (and this time it didn't take 2 hours to get our food like at Christmas). It was nice, but the food was just ok.

Tonight I went with my parents and Wyatt and Mary to Topeka for our annual birthday meal at the Japanese Steak house! YUM! We had to take Hwy 24 to get to Topeka and it took over an hour and a half. There was a guy who robbed a bank in Topeka and shot 2 or 3 people then he ended up wrecking his car on I-70 btw Topeka and the Wamego exit, so they closed both lanes of I-70 while they were having a stand off with this guy who was shooting at the cops.

Meanwhile at home, since I have hardly been home this week my house looks like a tornado hit it! Clint would be having a cow!! I can't find anything! I even lost the mail that I brought in the other day! I just can't remember what I did with it! Whoops! I am sure I will find it when I get around to cleaning. So just so you know granddad and grandma and regan, I know I got letters from you, I just haven't opened them cause I don't know where they are right now! If that doesn't tell you how scatterbrained I have been this week then I don't know what to say! I think I just need like 2-3 days off of work for mental health!! Can I do that??

Well, since Clint is gone I decided that now would be the best time to start a good diet/exercise plan. So, I start Monday. I am going to try some weight loss products from Arbonne as well as a diet that I am trying to put together and a cardio workout program. I have all these big ideas for it, so hopefully I can stick to it!! I am going to gut the entire fridge and kitchen cabinets so I won’t be temped to eat anything bad and I am just going to buy food per my menu. Wish me luck!! As you all probably know (or can tell by reading this and my last blog) I love food and I LOVE to eat out! So it is kind of a good thing that I live in Abilene (with hardly any restaurants)! HA!!

Ok, I think that is about all for now. I am sure I could keep going and going, but I better get to bed. Gotta work in the morning! :)


Tonight I went with my parents and Wyatt and Mary to Topeka for our annual birthday meal at the Japanese Steak house! YUM! We had to take Hwy 24 to get to Topeka and it took over an hour and a half. There was a guy who robbed a bank in Topeka and shot 2 or 3 people then he ended up wrecking his car on I-70 btw Topeka and the Walmego exit, so they closed both lanes of I-70 while they were having a stand off with this guy who was shooting at the cops.

Meanwhile at home, since I have hardly been home this week my house looks like a tornado hit it! Clint would be having a cow!! I can't find anything! I even lost the mail that I brought in the other day! I just can't remember what I did with it! Whoops! I am sure I will find it when I get around to cleaning. So just so you know granddad and grandma and regan, I know I got letters from you, I just haven't opened them cause I don't know where they are right now! If that doesn't tell you how scatterbrained I have been this week then I don't know what to say! I think I just need like 2-3 days off of work for mental health!! Can I do that??

Well, since Clint is gone I decided that now would be the best time to start a good diet/exercies plan. So, I start Monday. I am going to try some weightloss products from Arbonne as well as a diet that I am trying to put together and a cardio workout program. I have all these big ideas for it, so hopfully I can stick to it!! I am going to gut the entire fridge and kitchen cabinets so I wont be temped to eat anything bad and I am just going to buy food per my menu. Wish me luck!! As you all probably know (or can tell by reading this and my last blog) I love food and I LOVE to eat out! So it is kind of a good thing that I live in Abilene (with hardly any restaraunts)! HA!!

Ok, I think that is about all for now. I am sure I could keep going and going, but I better get to bed. Gotta work in the morning! :)

The Beginning

Hi! I decided that since Clint is gone in Iraq now (well actually he is in Tx until Sunday) that I would start a blog so that all our friends and family can see how I am doing here and see how he is doing there. He does have his own blog page that he is going to be writing on each day (that he can) while he is there. But the more info the better, I guess! :)
So far Clint has been gone for 2 days and I have been noting but busy! After we spent a wonderful day and night in Kansas City at the Avalon for my birthday I took him bright and early to the airport for his flight to Denver then Houston. After he boarded the plan I headed over to Lee's summit to see his grandma and for a birthday lunch. On the way to Lee's Summit I couldn't resist driving by our old house outside of Liberty. Everything there looked about the same as it did when I left it over a year and a half ago. Wow! I can't believe we have been in Abilene so long! Marge (Clint's grandma)treated to one of my all time favorite restaraunts, Cheese Cake Factory!! Yum!! :)
On my way back home I stopped in Manhattan and had a (another) birthday dinner with my brother at Huhot (another favorite!). It was just the two of us and it was really nice! :) Then finally I stopped at my parents house for Birthday Cake (YAY!!) and some presents!
The next day it was back to work! The wonderful people that I work with at the hospital threw me a suprise birthday potluck and even had Cake (YAY!) Work has been busy busy busy! I just can't seem to catch up with everything! I could really use at least 1-2 days off to catch up on all my school paperwork and then another week to get my house back in order!
Tomorrow (Valentine's day) I have a nice dinner at the Kerby House planned with my parents! Its nice to have someone to hang out with! :)
Tucker has been geing a good puppy for me since Clint's been gone. He hasn't been stealing anything (too much) the past couple nights.
Well, that pretty much sums up the past couple of days! As you can see, so far I haven't had much time to really dwell on the fact that Clint is gone. I guess that is a good thing! Who knows what tomorrow will bring though??